Leslie Mulligan , LCMHC, LCPC

Leslie Mulligan, LCMHC and LCPC, brings 24 years of clinical experience supporting individuals, couples, families, and groups through a wide range of emotional and life transitions. Her LCMHC and LCPC are state licenses that authorize her to provide professional mental health counseling. She works with people ages 14 to 90 and addresses mood instability, relationship and intimacy challenges, family dynamics, stress related to health, sleep and careers, as well as aging, bereavement, sexuality, life-stage and spiritual questions.

For a decade she provided recovery services for military combat and sexual trauma to active, reserve and guard members, their families, and first responders. Her counseling style is warm, direct, present-centered, creative and interactive, offering an objective, non-judgmental stance to help clients clarify where they are and where they want to go. Leslie uses a trauma-sensitive blend of cognitive-behavioral, humanistic and psychodynamic techniques, together with mindfulness, wellness practices and art therapy tools to meet each person where they are.

As a holistic, body-centered practitioner she attends to mind, body, heart, thought and spirit as contributors to life quality and meaning. Her focus is to deepen enjoyment of life and support clients in moving toward their goals. She invites prospective clients to connect to explore whether her approach is a good fit.

Therapeutic Approaches and Virtual Care

Leslie integrates Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) into her online work. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships influence current patterns of relating and can help with intimacy, attachment issues and family dynamics. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, respect and collaboration so clients feel heard and supported while they name their goals and build insight. CBT focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression and stress and to improve daily functioning.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process. Leslie works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals and preferences, adjusting the focus over time as progress and priorities evolve. Licensed professionals often blend approaches to meet the whole person where they are.

Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging offers flexibility for busy schedules and geographic limits. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, access support during transitions, and choose the format that feels most comfortable for each stage of work with a therapist.